Federal Health Care Subsidies Are Devouring the Budget and Killing Patient Satisfaction
A plague of federal rules and spending is bad medicine.
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Trump's Banishment of Disfavored News Outlets Reflects His Contempt for Freedom of the Press
The president has a long history of retaliating against journalists who offend him.
The 'AI Safety' Movement Is Making AI Less Safe
The fear of superintelligence is driving decisions that make AI less transparent and more consolidated.
The 'Strange Death' of Libertarianism Is Greatly Exaggerated
On some of the key policy questions of the second Trump administration, libertarians are clearly punching above their weight.
Americans Say the United Nations Is Doing a Bad Job. They're Right.
A new Gallup poll finds most Americans think the U.N. is failing at its core missions.
Nikole Hannah-Jones Admits Failing NYC Schools 'Betrayed' Daughter
Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss what’s gone wrong in New York City public schools.
Trump Says He Wants Drones and Snipers in 250-Foot Triumphal Arch, Complicating His Controversial Proposal
The arch has yet to receive final approval—and Trump’s newly announced military use was not part of the original federal review.
3 Leading News Outlets Say Their Sudden Banishment From the White House Is Unconstitutional
In a federal lawsuit, CNN, MS NOW, and Politico argue that Trump's bans violate due process and freedom of the press.
California Wants to Write America's AI Rules
Newsom's expert panel has two months to consider new AI rules, including "kill switches," that could spread nationwide.
Whistleblower Photos Show ICE Detainees in Miramar, Florida, Amid Extreme Overcrowding, Overflowing Toilets
Photos taken by an ICE whistleblower show detainees at the agency's overcrowded Miramar field office sleeping in the building's sally port.
How Will History Remember Anthony Fauci?
Fauci's diary reveals a self-obsessed career bureaucrat who refused to consider the possibility that his research contributed to origin of COVID-19.
The E.U. Just Proposed Its Most Sweeping Social Media Restriction to Date
The KIDS Act could age-gate the internet for hundreds of millions of users.
No, Banning Diesel Exports Won't Lower Gas Prices
It would actually make a bad situation worse in the long run.
Reflections on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's Privacy Fence
Don't expect the celebrity couple's battle with local planning officials over a privacy fence to turn them into YIMBYs.
Free Speech Groups Say the FCC's Disney/ABC Investigation 'Reeks of Political Pretext'
FIRE, Cato, PEN America, and others take on the broadcasting police.
Paramount Bends the Knee to Rob Bonta
California and 11 other states weaponized antitrust law until Paramount agreed to film quotas and an oversight board for CNN and CBS.
College Sports Don't Need Saving: Here Are 7 Myths Fueling the Protect College Sports Act
College sports are thriving, not dying, despite what politicians on both sides of the aisle are trying to tell you.
AOC's World
Plus: Detroit and the midterms, Amazon bans certain AI agents, and more...
Flock's Gunfire Alerts Raise a New Fourth Amendment Question
Gun owners should be paying attention to how police use gunfire microphones in conjunction with license plate cameras.
Biden's Team Wanted War in the Middle East Without Owning It
Crossing the Red Line peels back the curtain on the bureaucratic machinery behind U.S. involvement in Gaza and beyond.
Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?
Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement.
Judge Blocks Warrantless ICE Construction Site Raids After Agents in Alabama Arrested a U.S. Citizen 3 Times
Being on a construction site "does not open the floodgates to warrantless government intrusion," a federal judge ruled in a lawsuit filed by a construction worker who has been detained three times by ICE.
Trump Takes Page From Leftist Playbook With $5,000 Dividend Proposal
The Trump administration is willing to use public money for campaigning and gamble the country’s fiscal future, just like the leftists in Argentina who ran against Milei.
No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem: Flock and Border Cellphone Searches Excluded From 4th Amendment Rules
Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing.
Purposely Negative
Plus: School segregation, ICE shooting, Cuban Americans envision the future, and more...
People Get Paid for Blood, Plasma, and Drug Trials—Why Not Kidneys Too?
Instead of kidney waitlists that kill thousands of people a year, let people get paid for kidney transplants.
President Trump Stubbornly Clings to Archaic Mercantilist Economics
He who dies with the most hoarded cash does not, in fact, win.
Why Did a California County Fine Them Over $1 Million for Someone Else's Code Violations?
A recent settlement crippled a local code enforcement scheme—and exposed the perils of turning petty violations into government revenue streams.
AI Companies Promise Humanoid Assistants. How Will the Robots Know What To Do?
Developers are using videos of real-life work to train the new generation of robots.
Customs and Border Protection Doesn't Deny Using Facial Recognition To Target Foreign OnlyFans Models
The immigration system has a confusing and opaque approach to foreigners who have done sex work.
Cancer Vaccines, Anti-Aging Treatments, and 5 Other Exciting Biomedical Advances
Getting older makes you more prone to all kinds of maladies. So why not become younger?
Montana's Anti-Deepfakes Law Just Hit a First Amendment Roadblock
A federal judge found that the state's restrictions on AI-generated political speech likely violate the First Amendment.
Is Effective Altruism Really a Doom Cult?
On the Freed Up podcast, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss effective altruism, Sydney Sweeney, and the UT Austin student body.
The Shaky Evidence That Flock Cameras Reduce Crime Rates
Flock has been promoting a recent study of its cameras' impacts on car theft. But the paper didn't demonstrate a causal effect.
Lindsay Clancy's Holdout Juror Did What Jurors Are Supposed To Do
Just as a holdout may be a bulwark against wrongful conviction, a unanimous verdict is difficult to obtain by design.
Court Upholds Suspicionless Cellphone Searches at the Border
A federal appeals court says it's legal for federal agents to scroll through your phone and take pictures of its contents without a warrant or suspicion of criminal activity.
In the Name of Tax Fairness, Politicians Propose Special Tax Penalties on Data Centers
State and federal policymakers are attempting to exclude data centers from run-of-the-mill tax exemptions.
Congress Doesn't Agree on Much. Except That Your Car Needs AM Radio.
The push to mandate AM radios has brought Ted Cruz together with Bernie Sanders.
Trump's 4-Week War With Iran Approaches Month 7
The latest expansion of the war into Yemen is compounding the damage to oil supplies.
Trump Re-Ups His Threat To Raze the Kennedy Center Unless He Can Slap His Name on It
After a federal judge rejected his attempts at self-glorification, Trump said the building will "end up being ripped down" if he does not get the "recognition" he wants.
The Trump Administration Paid Federal Workers $9.5 Billion To Skip Work
How's that for efficiency?
Resident Evil Is a Deeply Unhinged Send-Up of Video Games
Zach Cregger's horror–video game adaptation is a pulpy comic delight.
Montana Is Trying To Break the FDA's Monopoly on Experimental Treatments
Montana’s expanded right-to-try program has cleared its first therapy: a sound-and-antihistamine regimen to reverse hearing loss.
Despite Nativist Outcry, Texas Shows the Melting Pot Works Incredibly Well
The Lone Star State is a success because all sorts of people are moving there for a shot at the American dream.
MAGA Loyalty in Iowa
Plus: Warsh's relationship with Trump; Democrats' midterm prospects; pregnancy is apparently a spectrum; and more...
